Wrench



J. H. FLNIGAN WRENCH' Filed Jan. 24, 1925 v"FammiPeb. 2, i926. ii115713231 UNITED srATEs 1 a"r'1 -;1\1r OFFICE.

JOSEPH n. FLANIGAN, or SHEFHELD. ALABAMA. ,as'sIoNoR or ONE-HALF To o.A1i.

SHARP, or-sHEFFIELD, ALABAMA.

` WRENCH.

Application tiled January-24; 1`9'25.` Serial No. 4,553.

-70 all zc/wm, 'it *muy conce/mf jecting laterally and forwardly fromthis l5 Be it known that. l, .lossen H. FmivioAN, casting 20 is a -j'awa citizen of the-.United States, residin'r at Mounted to move in' thebore is a Sheflield, in the county of Colbert and tate shank 25 pivotedat its upper vend to vthe ofY Alabama, have invented a new and use`'front' end of arm` 2,` seid arm. being here fnl Wrench,A of which thefollowing is a shown bifurcated toreceive' sai'd shank end. 60 specileation. At the lower end ofthe shnk'and projecting This inventionrelates to wrenches and laterally outward therefroln is ajaw 26 moreparticularly to 'wrenches lhaving a slid-A which cooperates Withthe jaw24 for grip- 10 ing jaw. ping an'object'to be held. l:This jaw l2(3.with'lhe object of the .invention is to provide a the shank l25 lforms an"L-jsln'xpcd4 member. 65 wrench-of tliis character so constructed thatwhich islllattened on its "sides and threaded it will pull eitherforwardor backward and at its front and rear* edges .to' "icceivej an' adlwhich-has no springs tofbreak.' I justin nut 27', The lower "portion ot'the Another object is to so construct a wrench rear e geoftliefshank25istootliedas shown of this character that the'adjustment of the at 28 toreceive ajspring pressed pan-'l or lock 70 jaws is automatic; I i ingpin 29 equipped'itltsfouter.end with a With the foregoing and otherobjects in finger grip 30 forinanip'nlatingitand at its viewwhiclrwill'appcar as the 'description inner endWithfa'fh'ead:Bfleqiupped with a proceeds, the invention resides in thecombitooth 32to engageu'tlefteeth28..` A VA coiled nation andarrangen'ient of parts and in the `spring fenc'ircles, the-.ini 29aiid'fbears at 75 details of construction h-reinaiter described one end'against th'elleli' f'lfiid:atfthe'othcr and claimed, 'it-4 being'-nnderstood `that Qiendagainst"thefinnrwall'o'faaecessinlchanges in theprecise cxnlx'idiment of the'inwhich the spiingaridfheadfarehoused. ThisVention herein disclosed may be ina-de with. springprojeotedpiiijbr'pawl locks the jawin the scope of 'what is claimed.without decarrylngshankQ' in' operativeV relation to $0 parting fromthe spirit ofthe invention. f jaw 24. .A i "I f f- I A l In theaccompanying drawings From the above'descr-iptionit. will be obvi-Figure l represents a sid(` elevation ol a ous that the 'jaw ispivptallyconnected wrench constructed in accordance with this with thecasting2l'wliile jaw'26'isfals0 pivinvention; otall connected withtlie'castingat-a. oint 85 Fig. 2 is a 'longitudinal vertical section ina Vance of the'pivotalfconnection"oijaw tl1ereof,.witli the handleshowniu elevation; 24. i .4

Fig. 3 is a top plan view; and' 'It will thus be seen that. thiswrenchwillj Fig. 4 is a horizontal section ltoken' on the pull 'eitherbaclwar' orforward owing to .i f line 1f-Jl of Fig. 2; thepivotalmo'untingiof tliejaw's and the;en` 90 i ln the embodiment illustrated acasting or larged space in the` bore 23 in which the head 1 isshownhaving a forwardly extendshank 25 operates. y ingr linger or arm 2anda rearwardly extend- The shank 2.")`wh iehl carries' tliljiuvlQG isinghandlc 3.- -,An cai-'4 'depends from'the removableto'providelfrtlie-substitution of casting llat thelias'e of the arm2-'and has other jaws toadaptthe device' to'benscdfas a' 96 its opposedfacesl morlised' out to receive-the vpipe-wrench, a..pipe-'(a'ii'ziiei'j','i a |inoi'1key--c -h' V furcations 21 and 22 of -acasting`20.; The wrench,anS-wrench'orf an endbwlrech ao! ear or lug 4has an olliquclyjdisposed oval4 e'ordin r to tlie fo'r'inaton ofthe'jaws fused, aperture 5 therein, in which opcrates'a'jonr- ,The onySpringfelmploye'dbein .thatitvllich nal having a'sleeve'Tsurronnding'it as is' holdstheplawl, engaged: with"Y e shank'gj310eA shown clearly in Fig. 2 and which .pivotally avoids allda`rig=1ger1oif` reakegesifclifs often .connects 'the furcations 2l withthclug 4 andi; times occurswith wrenches using eprings.

permits said members 2Itaud'22 tomo've rela- I claimz, :A f ltivelytothe castingfv fj l In a'wrench, a.z handle .portion liaving' aapnrposefpi-esently toyloe described. Proa jaw having" threaded movablethrough the bore and having Ifiiv'otal connection with @heextensionofthe handie, aidA v:shank havmgleth formed alongits rearedge,means carried by the, casting :x nd adapt- 5 ed -to engage thteeth tohold the janv und its sii-nik 'against movement, said shank haw.

ing V4.thread's, u nut on the threads and'engaging the casting tolockthe jshank against Imovement in one direction, and' means for pendinglug of the hndie.

'.In testimony that I claim the foi'egoincgr as myown, I have heretoaxed my signature JOSEPH'H. FLANIGAN.

pivotnlly,onncting. the casting to the de- 16

